Before & After Gallery - Calder Gate Repair Fort Lauderdale

Gate Repair Before & After in Fort Lauderdale, FL

Walk any street in Rio Vista, Victoria Park, or Coral Ridge and you’ll see gates that sag, groan, or simply don’t move. We fix those. The photos below show real work from real service calls across Fort Lauderdale, FL, no stock imagery, no studio staging. Seeing the difference is faster than any paragraph we could write.

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Recent Transformations

Sagging Double Driveway Gate in Victoria Park

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The left leaf had dropped almost two inches, enough that the center latch couldn’t catch. You could push the gate open by leaning on it. We found the original top hinge pin had ovaled its bracket, a common failure in this neighborhood where the soil shifts with seasonal rains. We reamed and sleeved both hinge points, rebuilt the latch receiver plate, and set the gate level with the top rail. The gate now closes with one finger on the handle.

Dead LiftMaster LA400 Swing Opener in Plantation Isles

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No warning, no error code, just a gate that stopped mid-swing and locked the homeowner’s truck inside. The LA400’s control board had fried on the right-side output channel after salt air corrosion crept into the accessory junction. We replaced the board, resealed the housing with a fresh gasket, and recalibrated the open and close stops. The gate now completes a full cycle in eleven seconds, same as factory spec.

Ghost Controls Gate Slamming Shut in Sailboat Bend

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This gate sounded like a car door being kicked shut. The limit switch, the small sensor that tells the opener where the gate should stop, had drifted out of position. So the motor kept pushing after the gate hit the post, then slammed it once more for good measure. The gearbox was starting to whine too. We set the limit switch with a feeler gauge, backed the close-force down to a level you can stop with your hand, and quieted the drive by resetting the chain tension.

FAAC C720 Slide Gate Stuck Half Open in Imperial Point

The gate had worn a flat spot into the steel wheel truck so deep the gate was dragging on the drive chain cover. Every open cycle sounded like a train braking. The rail had one chipped section where a truck from a delivery van had caught the edge. We swapped the four wheel trucks, ground the rail chip smooth, and reset the chain to the FAAC rack pitch. The gate glides now, even across that patched section.

Mighty Mule MM371W Gate Won’t Open After a Storm in Melrose Park

This one took me two hours longer than it should have, and I’ll say so. The control box was dry, the fuses were fine, and the remote was still paired. The problem was water that had wicked into the low-voltage transformer’s secondary winding through a hairline crack in the potting. Replaced the transformer, applied dielectric grease to every spade connector, and pointed the new housing downward. The gate has opened clean every time since.

Bent Gate Leaf from a Reversing Car in Shorecrest

A guest backed into the bottom rail. The leaf was twisted enough that it scraped the driveway on every swing. We don’t replace a bent leaf when it can be saved. We heated the aluminum slowly, pulled the twist out with bar clamps, and spliced a new 18-inch bottom rail section into the frame. You can find the splice if you know where to look. Most people don’t.

Want Results Like These?

You don’t need to know which part failed, just that the gate works when you hit the button. Call Calder Gate Repair Fort Lauderdale at (754) 354-2542. You’ll get a written price before any work starts, and every repair carries the 365-Day Done Right Promise. If it fails within a year, we come back free.

Written by Nico Alvarez, Owner at Calder Gate Repair Fort Lauderdale, serving Fort Lauderdale, FL since 2009.